5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOLOS

HOLOS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of holo

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How HOLOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOLOS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,194 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

H___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__O_ H in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAINE TRINE TRICE RANCE PLATE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOLOS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,194 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOLOS ranks #10,194 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
24
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
24%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

647
302
275
129
125
107
68
66
56
54
44
44
40
36
31
24
22
18
17
17
16
16
13
12
11
11
9
9
9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOLOS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

27.4% →
TIARE 6.17 bits
12.8% →
RAINE 5.41 bits
11.7% →
TIARE 5.76 bits
5.5% →
TRINE 5.34 bits
5.3% →
TRICE 5.64 bits
4.5% →
RANCE 4.62 bits
2.9% →
PLATE 4.78 bits
2.8% →
STRAE 4.58 bits
2.4% →
RAINE 4.46 bits
2.3% →
BAILE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for HOLOS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

H4O1L1O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.